That could be the ticket to get some salmon migrations cranking. Flows will likely just open up minus any blow out, as long as there is no significant precipitation. Flows in the Oak are already on the rise today thanks to increasing overflow water. The rain is Lake Effect so as is often the case with snow most of it goes south of the area. Upstream action so far mainly for a few fish at the dam. No consistent cool down or big freshets yet so the action has been on and off. A special thanks to all involved! Trailing stud, B & B fly glows, and green glo flys. Still on the cool and breezy side today with another brief warm-up forecast over the next couple days. Especially with the way the weather is proceeding. We encourage all anglers and users to follow the site rules for access and fishing on the Brookfield Power Company lands. There would have been a similar few day high/stained fishable water window in the smaller area tribs too. Buc-A-Roo Charters is recognized as one of the premier charter operations on Lake Ontario. The release to that point was a great success! We are surely going to have water for high and off color flows when the weather breaks toward spring. Increased flow releases on Eighteenmile Creek (Niagara County), Oak Orchard Creek (Orleans County), and Sandy Creek (Monroe and Orleans counties). There seems to be a stalemate between the open Lake temps and the trib water temps thanks to the relatively mild winter. Fridays big east wind iced the inside waters where mature kings were being caught from 120 feet of water and in prior to the wind. Its fall and its leaf fall time so expect maybe daily water level fluctuations on the Oak thanks to hydro power operation. The state is funding the effort as part of the Lake Ontario Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative. Check out the nice King recent catch pic above.. With the previous high and off color flows in the Oak its been a bit of a challenge for good drifts and swings. Amazing how when the vegetation awakens and the runoff equation changes. He captured the lead today aboard the Stalker, weighing in at Olcott. The next spate of water could bring in the fresh spring steelhead looking for warmer water. There should be a mix of spawning and staged fish in the holes with fresh fish trickling in anytime. Downstream spots on the Oak for the past weekend may have been tougher on what was dropping and clearing flows, altho we did not hear from many guys. They fished way off shore on the Pirate Queen with Captain Tom Wolfe. The forecasted colder temps without significant precip tho may cause some ice up conditions esp if low flows prevail. Everything is wide open to fish and its going to take a cold snap to get things iced back up again. Flows in the Oak have retreated some to slightly high and slightly stained. The parking donation will be $10 per car. Thanks to all who helped including NYSDEC, Ernsts Lake Breeze Marina, feeding/cleaning volunteers, Seth Green Chapter TU, Orleans County Tourism and yours truly spearheading efforts. Their Catch of Kings ranged from 16 to 22 lbs. It looks like a real good head of turbine water with no significant overflow water. Expect water level fluctuations thanks to hydro power operations and whats been a delayed leaf fall. New Fall Fishing Program. Well start out with a warmup and rain or showers then a quick transition to much colder and snow or snow showers Fri/Sat. Real nice flows by steelhead standards. Sorry it took so long! The weather was on the warm . In subsequent years ahead when runs are made up of multiple year classes of fish the returns and fishing prospects could be even better! No prepared food will be served and the Catch and Release Fly Fishing Tourney will not take place for 2021. Anglers have caught a few spent fish so some steelhead have likely spawned already thanks to the mild weather. Certain days youll notice that salmon movement by seeing them crashing around, but as often as not that movement seems to go on quietly. Look for calmer winds on the backside of choppy Lakeshore conditions that leave that semi stained water in range of the pier head and land lubber caster. Look for a good water flow window possibly in the Genny while the Niagara remains a tough pill thanks to a windy open Lake Erie. Ive heard from visiting Rec boats (AKA recreational) that west of the Point in 100-200 ft of water got em steelhead and coho salmon action. This weeks Picture of the Week comes fromMike Gragers crew from Get Hooked Sportfishing. Over in Wilson, the recent rains actually pulled some salmon into 12 Mile Creek and salmon and trout are being caught off the piers there, as well. Guys thru yesterday higher up scored a few hook ups on eggs or beads on fresh steelhead while downstream swingers had a tougher go. The current leader is a 32 lb 4 oz salmon caught by Zane Smith of New Brighton, PA. Flows are a big factor in the success of any oak orchard fishing trip. The 10,000 pen reared steelhead were towed out to the Oak Orchard River mouth at dusk on Apr 28 and the nets were lowered. For the Oak, this latest spate of water should bring on the bulk of the King action with some spawning underway no doubt under the cover of the higher and dirtier water flows. There were briefly low flows in Sandy but my estimation is Canal feed has resumed and bumped flows back up slightly. Send one my way once and awhile 12. A fall cool down on the backside of the weekend rains is upon us! Cooling weather and water will also help bring on better brown trout and steelhead action and the area is not likely to suffer thru any more real warm weather now that we are well into October. That will subsequently melt. Be sure you contact NYSDEC with comments on the predation from over-abundant cormorants and the impacts on the young stocked salmonids. TheNYS Canal Corporationreleases water from the Erie Canal into Lake Ontario Tributaries in Western New York for an extended period each fall to create a longer season and even better angling experience. So much for the hope of drying out some. So for now, flows in the Oak have dropped back to low and clear. Mixed sizes today with a couple in the 10 lb range and a couple around 28 lbs, most were in the 15 to 18 lbs. Keep informed from the NYS Canal web for changes and restrictions with canal waters. Oak Inn Duesseldorf, Dusseldorf: See traveler reviews, 4 candid photos, and great deals for Oak Inn Duesseldorf, ranked #193 of 261 hotels in Dusseldorf and rated 4.5 of 5 at Tripadvisor. As quickly as flows were restored in the Oak over the past weekend the fishing likewise perked up again with some steelhead hooked and a few knarly Kings clinging to a hopeful life. The Orleans County waters at Point Breeze are providing an excellent mixed bag catch of late! Water temps on Port Bay are in the high 70s and autumn is the time fish start gobbling food. Its unknown how much longer Canal drainage flows will last but it likely is not that long. When flows are reduced temporarily, it reveals pretty good numbers of fish. Any big steelhead this time of the year in relatively warm water are going to be a challenge to land! So, we moved out to 250-300 FOW and things got better. Bass action is spotty. The northeast coastal weather put a damper on show attendance and the vendors participating were down some thanks to Covid worry but the anglers who did visit the show had good interest in all of the Lake Ontario trout and salmon fishing opportunities. Mike Ziehm of Niagara Falls reports that he is still getting some salmon and walleye from shore in the gorge casting spinners and jigs. Im hearing of a few hook ups each outing for most guys, and those anglers report putting in the time and working for the hook ups by covering different water with swings or dead drifts. Anglers might consider releasing any overflow channel fish back into the turbine channel to give those fish best chances at returning to the Lake later this spring. Still lots of water in the Oak at slightly high and slightly stained with about 2 ft of visibility. Without access back to Lake Ontario, those overflow fish are likely goners unless theres a perfectly timed spate of water later this spring. reminds boaters to Not be a fool in the fog and use your radar as they almost had an incident last week while fishing. Those chances should only improve with cooler weather. Winter and cold and snow is hanging in. Some steelhead and cohos were caught with spoons. Hike some different water spots on the smaller tribs and you should find some brown trout action with a steelhead or two thrown in. Action has been a little more measured then say 2 3 weeks ago when it seemed we got a small run of fresh steelhead. Moonshine Carbon 14 was our best today on a 70 rigger, and green Bam!! A few more guys out on the Oak today than the past weekend, but still not all that much fishing pressure. Water color has that swamp headwater tannic stain to it. Made some time to go to the Waterport Dam to check on the water. From Capt. Real light fishing pressure today, only one car observed in the parking spots on the Oak. Sep 2022 - Present7 months. A nice spate of water which is hanging on in the Oak and retreating in the other area smaller tribs back to the base Canal feed. Without overflow levels now, some might be inclined to call it only slightly high. Water color is only slightly stained at 2 3 ft of visibility. The Oak Orchard Pen Rearing Association receives steelhead and salmon from the NYSDEC placed in net pens in the Oak lower watercourse each spring. King salmon with browns inside of 100 kings and steelhead out to 500 the bite is good. Just a handful of cars seen at each access spot. For now temps are in the high 30s F and falling short of the predicted near 50 F. Look for all the trib flows to be on the rise and going off color. And lest we forget brown trout where world-class waters such as Niagara River, Oswego River, Oak Orchard Creek, Eighteenmile Creek, Sandy Creek and Maxwell Creek provide peak fishing opportunities in November and December. On Saturday there were bass boats fishing on the south side next to the Port Gibson bridge. Chance of rain mid week and if there is a significant amount of precipitation flows in all the area tribs could be back on the rise and going off color. . See the current standings at https://loc.org/leaderboard-current. Stay at the shop lodge (Licorice Lodge) close to the Oak Orchard River fishing action! The awards ceremony has been scheduled Labor Day at Captain Jacks Tavern, Sodus Point. Release schedule for fall 2022 to be released soon. We cannot speak for the power company or interpret their site rules. Its all about water flows Water flows are the single biggest factor in encouraging upstream movements of fish during the fall, winter and spring trib seasons. There were some hook ups thru the past weekend right before this latest rise in flows. Some rain on the order of a 1/4 inch fell last night but not a big change in trib flows. No obvious staged up concentration of staged up fish like at the Bridges. Temps are forecast on a slow warmup over the next few days thru mid and end next week with another chance at precip later next week. Crabs are working off 3-way rigs, as are Ned rigs and swim baits. If your image isnt chosen for the billboard, we will consider using it in the 2022 OC Fishing Guide. Not big numbers of steelhead but a few that likely came in on the previous higher flows we had and are a good portent to upcoming steelhead action in the more traditional February or March timeframe. Its unclear if these lower flows will hang on, more then likely with temps rebounding thru this mid week that flows will rebound some with a little more stain. We went past 300 but found the 250-300 was better. Some Northern pike can be caught in the harbor, too. They consulted with, At last! Flows in the Oak are slightly high with water color about 1 2 ft of slightly stained viz. According to Capt. In our fishing conditions tabs below we use a simple system to describe the water flows on the Oak and oftentimes other area smaller trib flows too. No real change yet seen in Oak upstream headwater flows but shortly Canal water will run out and Id be looking for some kind of continued lowering flows by end of week or weekend that is without any new significant precipitation for runoff. The current leader (7/13/21) in the Summer LOC Derby is Mike Paddock from Albion with a Salmon weighing in at 31.07 lb. Theres probably still some old Orleans Outdoor content out there on the web and Goggle. Chance of even warmer unseasonable temps for next week. We will be searching for a high quality (resolution) photograph in a few months to promote lake fishing in Orleans County. Dam action has been spotty, but there are people hooking up. Your email address will not be published. . Lots of water cover has probably spread out the fish. That consistency the Oak is known for is showing thru once again. If theres significant rain ahead of or instead of the ice/snow, then trib flows could be on the rise and going off color. The other area smaller tribs are prob going to try and open back up from previous icing with high and dirty flows. Light fishing pressure with just a few cars seen at the two access points. The previous cold temps sure did clear up the water color with just a nice stain of about 2 ft of visibility. And Erie Canal bolstered flows (year 2) will be contributing to the fishy equation sooner then later in multiple tribs! Production of hard copies is finished and have been delivered to License Issuing Agents. Seasonably cold is forecast thru about mid week so those bumped up flows are already on the retreat though. Begin Mar 2021 Oak Orchard River. Fishing pressure not bad, as mentioned above we may be in a bit of a lull between ending salmon efforts and starting brown trout efforts. There was another couple inches of wet snow and something like a 0.25 inch of rain thru last night. Any significant rainfall could raise flows up more with dirtier water color. The other area smaller waterways are about mod with water color of about 2+ ft of viz. More of the up and down temps that weve been experiencing so far this winter. Those fish deserve a chance to immigrate back out to the Lake if caught and released back into the turbine channel. We had higher then average Fall water flows previously and theres good likelihood well have higher then average late Winter water flows in the near future or even thru the Spring. Downstream slow water is getting pretty froggy thanks to rising Lake Ontario levels and the lowering upstream flows. Kurt Driscoll. See you all next year! Look for angling pressure to build likely toward this weekend. Less noticeable will be in Sandy since Canal flows there are throttling up. Today seems slower again for some. The late summer bites have been with spoons and flasher-flies. To the west, theres not a lot of recent reports but flows should be more like moderate to medium and going toward clear. Some decent brown trout action now for most anglers on the Oak seemingly on the backside of these most recent higher flows. The green water is ideal but you can often have action in dirtier water then you think. Not a lot of fishing pressure just yet, few guys on the piers and at the dam. Consistently doubles & triples all throughout the area, in 7-10 FOW, then followed along the green water (as opposed to the murky brown water). View his full report, From at the Oak to the Bar at https://www.facebook.com/robert.songin.9/videos/412662933560159. We had tried for brown trout in close, but they didnt cooperate for us, so I moved out deeper to try to find some lake trout.. All the trib flows look on the retreat from previous snowmelt and precipitation. We encourage you to do the same with Brookfield, NYSDEC and/or Orleans County Tourism. Both kings and Cohos are being caught. They also landed 4 mature Kings, 3 steelhead, a brown, and a lake trout! The fishing this last week has been better than the previous couple weeks. Call 585-682-4546 or email document.getElementById("eeb-573343-278334").innerHTML = eval(decodeURIComponent("%27%69%6e%66%6f%40%66%69%73%68%6f%61%6b%6f%72%63%68%61%72%64%2e%63%6f%6d%27"))*protected email* for a reservation ASAP! Looking forward to more angler reports and success but over all the fishing pressure has been real light. All that cooler water we have again in the Oak could surely be spreading out the fish and drifts are going to need to be down and slow for best hook up chances. Back to some winter like weather and temps for now. Remember as these kings start to stage that their preferred water temps are also changing. See more info at www.loc.org/leaderboard-current. Look for some hook-ups by covering that different water and putting in a few hours. Next better chance at real rain is this weekend. Another unseasonably warm day today with chance of showers tonight. See you on the water! We may request cookies to be set on your device. Little to no fishing pressure because of the recent events, with the few anglers out enjoying action like this for early Apr 2020 steelhead in the Oak. Fishing Report. Here on the Niagara Frontier, it was heaviest and there are lesser accumulations south of here. Come get in on some hard striking fresh fish action at the river mouth and downstream areas. 400 Coppers, Divers out 220-240, Riggers down 80-90-100. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. Sandy Creek is probably remaining stubbornly stained from that Canal drainage but definitely dropping back some. And along with the browns theres the chance for Atlantics, cohos or steelhead rounding out nice mixed bag chances. Meanwhile, well be tapping into our charter captains for updates. The smaller side channels and Trout and Orwell brook all have fish; which are providing the most action at this time. Maxwell has a better flow; however, it is still plugged-up at the mouth. Look for dropping back steelhead from the dam, a few spawning fish and a chance for fresh fish trickling in. While enjoying the outdoors, please continue to follow theCDC/New York State Department of Health guidelines(leaves DECs website) for preventing the spread of colds, flu, and COVID-19: When fishing, DEC recommends avoiding busy waters andfollowing the guidelines on DECs website about fishing responsibly in New York State. We are in the high season for visiting fisherman so go to. The area received a few inches of wet snow and sleet thru the end of the past week. Then it was east most of Saturday, which did not help. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Early Sep 2017. The rain last week triggered runs of fish in nearly all of the tributaries big and small, stocking or no stocking. Capt. For more information call 888-733-5246 or visit their website at www.loc.org . Blown flows typically come from the overflow channel. Some big steelhead are still in the Oak! That could push more fish into the river plume and into the channel. Fishing and weather conditions pretty nice by late fall/early winter standards. Apr 29 winds are forecasted light and prevailing westerly. Shouldnt be any serious icing in yet but there could be some bank ice or chunky flows. Then again who would have guessed thered be a few days in the end of March this cold! What more could you ask for for small area trib action!? Chance of icing in select areas. Slower action there reported just lately after some good quality fish were hooked in the previous higher and dirtier water color. The temps are returning to seasonably after a few days of a heatwave along with high winds. Capt. Flows in the Oak are one click less then medium or what you might call somewhere in between moderate and medium. No doubt a lot of King action came and went on the previous higher and off color flows. Most all fish in real nice shape, some legit fresh Kings after the last rain which isnt always a sure thing in our area low gradient tribs. We are catching fish in 50-110 water in front of the major rivers and off 9-mile point. Keep informed about 2021 canal hours. Please check our website, at visitoswegocounty.com, for the current CFS. Try to anticipate dropping and clearing flows and be on the water when reasonable conditions come together! It has been closed to traffic for construction since late April. Chance of rain showers thru the mid week on warming temps and an expected area-wide accumulating snow end of week on cooling temps. Water temps had warmed up prob near 40 F and should retreat again in the near term. Thru this beginning part of the week, most hook up action has still been mostly for Kings. Flows in the Oak are slightly high and slightly stained with a good head of water contained in the turbine channel. For best chances at steelhead action later this winter and spring we might hope for some more colder and typical winter weather for the in between later Dec/early Jan timeframe. Flows should be back on the retreat already today with some stain hanging on. We have a new logo that cleverly looks a lot like the old one! 4/8/22: First time fishing on Lake Ontario, Meagan Hardner caught this lake trout in 50 feet of water straight out of Oak Orchard aboard Get Hooked Sportfishing. There were a few Monday morning oh-dark thirty hook-ups at the Oak Orchard Rivermouth. Salmon are starting to stage in shallow water and becoming more active. Sign up for our FREE Fishing Reports Today! The medium to slightly high flows in the Oak are proving to be a nice draw for Kings. All the trib flows will be on the rise and melting and probably going off color. Warm-ish temps around 40 F for the end of weekend and begin part of next week. Guys in the Oak early today still fishing whats been the medium ish flows and slightly stained, but flows likely headed toward high and stained if not later today then by tomorrow. Downstream slow water spots are for sure locked up and even upstream all the way to the dam is frozen except for a rivulet here and there or if you were to break something open. Any new precipitation could likewise bring those flows back up and dirty. For now on the Oak anglers seem to be hooking up on a few steelhead nearest the dam that came along with the higher flows of a few weeks ago mixed in with a handful of fresh fish trickling in thru the downstream fast water. Flows in the Oak still humming along at around slightly high and slightly stained. Flows in the Oak are responding nicely to a few days of previous cold with dropping and clearing. We finished the day with a few more fish and a memory to last forever. Total snow cover in the immediate area may only be 6 inches give or take, but the snow is wind swept bare in spots or drifted in feet otherwise. All the trib flows are on the retreat from the last rain. Considering that January is usually a bit of an in-between time frame after the fall salmon/brown trout action and before spring steelhead, the few guys out taking advantage of the weather and flows are doing pretty good. Bob Songin of Reel Excitement Charters reports that fishing is still tough and sporadic. One angler for the beginning part of this week reported good action. Will you be there when a chromer moves upstream? Look for your fishing window sooner then later whenever reasonable conditions come together. Look for the loitering downstream fish to continue to move up making for better upstream action. The Tourism Dept has also been busy redesigning an Orleans County Fishing Map Pad (1117) that will be distributed throughout the county. Capt. Tom Burke of Cold Steel Sportfishing: After a good rain brought river levels up, a majority of the salmon in the lower river and estuary have moved toward the upper river. Temps are forecast to begin to cool down for the end of this week and thru the weekend. No doubt well have concentrations of Kings into November. With any luck well get some measurable liquid precip to help flows out. Fishing pressure is light with a few cars seen at each parking spot on the Oak. Those fish committed to spawn are pretty much going to continue to spawn with only minor stalling due to cold water. Looks like a nice fishing window right now in those smaller tribs that normally might be frozen up this time of the season. High winds and advisory is likely for something like Fri/Sat/Sun. Be sure to check out some of the smaller tribs like Four Mile and Keg Creeks. Other area smaller tribs have med flows and slightly stained water color something like 1 2 feet of visibility. It was getting a bit frustrating so since it was a short trip we worked our way back to the nose and started fishing for lake trout. Good chance for some icing conditions coming on there. Johnson Creek had a nice bump in flows and got stained and guys reported some salmon on the move there. Slight warm up for the weekend with chance of rain end of weekend and then cold for start of next week. See ya out there! With fair to good bolstered flows from the Erie Canal guys are reporting good brown trout action with a green King here and there and/or a sporty colorful coho. Many thanks to local stakeholders for their efforts of securing, feeding and monitoring the fish. The first will be a 1 day event July 10th. The Sportsmen Archers Club Fly Fishing Only Catch and Release Contest was held October 16, 17, 18 2019. Trout action is starting to improve according to Lisa Drabczyk with Creek Road Bait and Tackle. Bob Songin of Reel Excitement Charters "At the Bar Recap 2021" video. Looks like more of the same in the near term forecast anyway. They also caught their biggest king at 27-1/2 pounds. Stream Conditions - Fish Oak Orchard Fishing Updates Click to subscribe to Orleans County's Weekly Fishing Report (written by Ron) weekend Sat Feb 25. Here in the Oak Orchard neighborhood theres something like 18+ inches of a medium dense snow so therell be a good supply of runoff flows when it melts. There was a few more inches of snow and more Lake Effect Snow showers are expected today here on the immediate Lake Plain. For more details including payouts, visit their website. No major icing that we are aware of. All the trib flows are up just a bit from the latest rain thru yesterday. Then, with 10 days of flat water, along with the number of tournaments & derbies held and the pressure of a lot of fishing boats within a 10 mile x 1 mile stretch, the fish diminished their desire to bite. Jeremy Sage from, Captain John Oravec from Tight Lines Charters, Capt. Flows in the Oak down just a touch, maybe some of that love from Canal water being shared with Johnson Creek is responsible for that. Look for improving action thru the month with cooling weather or cooperating wind and waves and water color. The derby ends on Sunday at 11:59 p.m. The other area smaller waterways are about moderate with water color of about 2+ ft of visibility. Nice big fresh King drifting action on the backside of high flows from end of Sept rains. By admin septembrie 15, 2021 Articles. (Deadline for the Open was Monday, 6/7). Available at Oak Orchard Tackle & Lodge and Narbys. Thanks to losing the Canal feed/winter drainage, flows in the Oak are real low.
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